The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-16
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THEY HAvB ADJOURNED sTRIxRs.
TIE Hnsere.tsns stsvy New rhiieeeiphis
Leern Werkers Cured their Trsuhies.
From ne pAaadepAta Fress M
There IL an absolute cessation OF hostilitles
between employer and employed In tho entire
textile district OF Kensington.
This statement accurately describes, proba-
bly,, tho most remarkable phase Of industrial
life known In Philadelphia for years. II has
been brought about by an entirely now depar-
ture In tho Knights OF Labor. New methods
were applied and they have been successful.
They have been tested for eight months now
undor the administration Of now District As
sembly No. 100. For eight months they have
succeeded admirably, and O review Of tho work
shows that oven the pioneers OF the movement
have done more than they anticipated. Ken
sington 10 at peace.
II all ceme about through tho efforts Of tho
workers Of the looms, and IL was hard fight
before It was accomplished. Prior to February
last all tho local assemblies Of tho Knights In
Kensington belonged to District Assembly No.
stove ana
they could Set along better II they were in a
themselves" They had been regarded BY other
%snt they claim they were never radical but
that they were not understood. They, objected
to supporting strikes and lockouts whom these
They got together in o big textile federation,
and formulated system OF arbitration between
SetRer dozen iocai sssembies pledged 70 this
District xsss%tbly NJ: ior Permission to with.
Such thing was naturally. opposed BY Dis
trtct Assembly No. /. The local assemblies
ThhSSo asked t to- withdrew represented between
strenuously. contested. More than once failure
seemed to have been met with. but Samuel
In boisterine up sinking cause, et last sue.
u: Si Ssss ssss5
g liz
than
once been dubbed U.1pla1n ,t plan One i'm
was made with eighteen local assemblies. and
the first report Of assessments showed that
each Of these eighteen assembiies it Is Claimed.
have been organized, and nine have Withdrawn
Of the ofiicials place the entire membership
ana Sese Hs have 1
view OF the fact that the assembly sent but
e entitled to one delegate Tor every 5000 mem.
bers.. Be this as It may, there Is no doubt that
ss ss ss ya
p6ia., It's stronghold. Of course. is in the great
the, city. where hundreds Of enormous fac
tories supply work to toiling tens Of Thousands;
aasy got as n opan an and
an Interesting recital. Prior to the formation
Of costly and disastrous strikes. Only 8 year
Mills: Frankiord, followed BY tie formation Of
lection. which ordered q lookout Of 800 hands
IN other. establishments because the Troth
cal Il IN While
Powderly. at the Richmond Convention. was
busy talking moderation. and thtngs looked
avoided had District Assembly. 1870. with its
sasy a 10 The Ths 600
in Troth's Mills were ogt for nine weeks: A fair
average of vases would give each man. woman nan
A wasss 1880 week: or total q ~ ~ a!9o.
asss TsroS tet a
S and SsoasSs DissTio so Ss-
sington mills. The general reader may be
strike since the new district was formed. This
y one Of the things on which the officers pride
themselves, ,..,,,..
E9esuye nf soar si tel hss story n Almost
his own words.
vnssS Ss e. d SS Il sr ssa h s
semblies was the adjustment of an active
sssts abos Who
The members Of our executive board work as
tare Is done away With. Il there Is any trouble
tSe ss has besn dono
they return to their looms:
That has had good effect. It relieves the
n idisness .at a salary Of o. each per day.
Then 1t must be remembered that when there
ssny Ts as to %afs Of ss
there Is ssnssant temptation Tor them to ioot
seem to BE- earning their pay.
w Syery OF &c ads
& e e0 Shop hass
viii go again AND again Sr Sar Of
The employees thenseivss and az { they want
US, II the hands say strike. and there Is no
other way out of the difficulty, why. suppose
we would order o strike That contingency
has not arisen yet. am glad to say.
Il could cite you many instances from our
experience OF the last few months Ono will
answer to illustrate all. In large establish
ment q demand was made for higher wages.
1t was eminently Just because the firm was
paying less than other firms for making the
same Kind Of goods. The demand was refused
point blank; and TIE matter ter was referred to The
head of the firm and he again absolutely re-
fused to grant the increase. He was positive
and almost insulting. We asked him to arbi-
trate. He wouldn't hear to 1t. and at the same
time admitting that his prices were lower than
In Other mills. 1t looked pretty blue. but We
went to him again and again he refused,
Nothing was left for us to do but call a shop
meeting. We did so and made our report.
When the question Of strike was put the unani-
nous vote was to strike. Still we did not de-
spair and again We saw the manufacturer.
Again he objected and we left him determined
to call the hands out. went to him myself,
and by persuasion and argument finally induced
him to grant the demand. He changed with
the eleventh hour and there was no strike"
EVICTLNG TEXAS FARALER&
An Enslish Syndicate Orders Them to Leave
the Lands They Have Improved.